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Friday, May 2, 2008

2008 marks the 180th anniversary of Guerlain, as we had noted a short while ago : It was Pierre François Pascal Guerlain who opened his first shop in Rue de Rivoli in Paris in 1828. Therefore, to celebrate this landmark on May 15th 2008 a limited box-set of four different perfumes representing the four seasons by Jean Paul Guerlain will launch: Eau de Toilette Muguet de Printemps, Eau de Parfum Quand Vient l'Été, Eau de Parfum Brume d'Automne and Eau de Toilette Winter Delice.

The fragrances will be presented in a black leather box in 35 ml crystal Baccarat 'heart shaped stopper' bottles. Each bottle is engraved by hand with a small drawing, illustrating each season.With only 85 copies made and a price of 2500€, this release is targeted towards the serious collector!

We will occupy ourselves with recent Guerlain launches such as Cruel Gardenia shortly!

4 comments:

way out of my league... I can only wonder what they're like--I like a AA Winter Delice--i was wearing it a few days ago in the chilly rain. wonder what the toilette would be like, also the summer... sigh....

The price indeed leaves something to be desired: one would think that a big portion is going towards the etched bottles. But they do look ravishing all together *sigh*

I always liked Winter Delice, even though I don't wear it often because of my SO's comparative "dislike". I can't imagine why they had conceptualised it as a limited edition right from the start, though, when there were so many Aqua Allegorias which were not on a par quality-wise...

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